Southeast Ag Research & Extension Center

Contact Information:

1446 Auction Road

Manheim, PA  17541

Phone: 717-653-4728

Fax: 717-654-6308

The Center is located in Lancaster County, in the heart of the most intensive farming area in Pennsylvania. Southeastern and southcentral Pennsylvania has a different climate than the rest of the state (a longer growing season, warmer average temperatures and higher relative humidity). Research on the 156 acres at the Center involves the Departments of Crop and Soil Science, Entomology, Horticulture and Plant Pathology plus the USDA and some county extension educators. In addition to providing specific conditions for research, the facility increases opportunities for growers, consumers, and students to observe experiments and to consult with scientists.

The research involves cultivar testing of corn, soybean, small grain, forages, annual and perennial flowers, flowering crabapples, strawberries, tomatoes, pumpkin and other horticultural crops. Other research involves pest control (disease, insect and weeds), cover crops, inoculants, fertility and various management studies.

The Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.